Radiation prevents cell reproduction

3:01 PM,
Apr. 29, 2013

Kiernan Minehan

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Dr. Kiernan Minehan
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A: Cancers arise from cells of our own body, but these are cells in which something has gone terribly wrong. These cells grow rapidly even when the body does not want or need them to grow. The internal controls of the body, no longer control these cancer cells. They keep growing until they eventually disrupt vital organs and body functions. Imagine a ship in which some of the sailors mutiny against the captain. This is what cancer is like in the body.

These cancer cells are abnormal, and therefore, they cannot repair themselves as well as the normal cells are able ...